Superintendent

Mr. Eugene P. Kotulka was appointed superintendent by the Alleghany County School Board on June 2, 2015, and will begin serving on July 1, 2015.Prior to assuming the position in Alleghany County, he served as the director of student services for Orange County Public Schools.

Mr. Kotulka began his career in education in 1978, teaching social studies and mathematics while coaching basketball and football at Robious Middle and Monacan High Schools in Chesterfield County. For the next sixteen years, he continued to teach and coach for Hopewell City, King George County, and Spotsylvania County Public Schools.In 1998, Mr. Kotulka began his administrative career as an administrative intern at Courtland High School.In 2000, Mr. Kotulka served as the assistant principal for Spotsylvania County High School before becoming the principal of Magna Vista High School and then Orange County High School.

Mr. Kotulka was born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania and graduated from Quakertown High School in 1973.He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1978, and completed his Master in Administration and Supervision degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2000.

Mr. Kotulka is married to his wife, Jane.Jane is a retired librarian.They have four children: Jeisson, Maria, Julieth, and Santiago.

Mr. Kotulka is an avid reader, a basketball fan, and loves animals. The Kotulka’s have three Labrador retrievers and an English bulldog, as well as a few cats and birds.

Mr. Kotulka’s experiences in education are varied and broad, and he has worked in five very diverse school divisions in Virginia.He believes in setting high academic standards, raising the achievement of all students, providing good first instruction, putting students first, and listening and communicating with staff, parents and members of the school and community.He also believes that the teaching staff is the backbone of education and that collaboration and team work are the keys to success.